Our Kobe Bryant sneaker retrospective continues with Part 4: The Rise of the Low-Top

A blown out achilles would be a career ending injury for some players—especially at his age—but not for Kobe. After a grueling year of rehabilitation, he’d be back on the court, and the next era of Kobe’s Nike signatures shoes would begin. Stay tuned for the fifth and final entry into our look at Kobe Bryant’s 20 Year Sneaker Legacy , where we’ll detail the dawn of Flyknit as well as the return of the high-top in the Nike Kobe signature line.